Obesity treatment is only successful if weight is reduced and maintained to within a desired range. There are three approaches to obesity treatment: changing behaviour and diet is the most common approach although drugs and surgery can be used in some severe cases of obesity.

Behaviour and diet: it is important to be realistic about an obese patient's target weight as many patients have over-ambitious targets that they are unlikely to achieve. A severely obese patient probably ca

Iraqi forces launch assault to retake area north-east of Al-Garma Iraqi forces launch an assault to retake an area north-east of Al-Garma district in the Sunni heartland of Anbar province from Islamic State. Julie Noce reports.
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Microsoft Edge will be the new browser across all Windows 10 devices, from phones to tablets, PCs and beyond. This session will provide a fast moving tour of the new browser features and peer inside at the new rendering engine under the covers.

One of the reasons that we find film music memorable is that it uses distinctive melodic motifs to ‘catch’ the main characters it describes. The James Bond theme is a good example of this, but a modern composer who has had great success with memorable motifs in all his scores is John Williams (Jaws, Star Wars, Harry Potter). Click here to read an interview with Williams from 1998.

The Goldman Sachs Facebook Deal: Is This Business as Usual? Just six months after paying a record $550 million to settle a federal fraud case, Goldman Sachs finds itself in a new controversy over an investment in Facebook, the social networking site. Some critics say the deal was designed to skirt securities regulations and is marred by conflict of interest, while others argue that this type of investment puts taxpayers at risk since Goldman can support its business with cheap government loans. Wharton faculty and other experts weigh in.Author(s): Knowledge@Wharton

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Electric Company "Easy Reader" Song Check out this circa 1971 video of Morgan Freeman in as “Easy Reader” – a literacy-promoting character on The Electric Company. From one of the early seasons, Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno get their song on. (03:29)Author(s): No creator set

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Job search Welcome to this Futures workbook on finding work. It is split into several sections describing different techniques for finding work. You can dip in and out of the different sections; however it is not wise to rely on only one mechanism for finding work. It is a competitive market for final year students and new graduates and so you should try many alternate ways to find work.Author(s): Laura Dean

The world's current energy systems have been built around the many advantages of fossil fuels, and we now depend overwhelmingly upon them. Concerns that supplies will 'run out' in the short-to-medium term have probably been exaggerated, thanks to the continued discovery of new reserves and the application of increasingly advanced exploration technologies. Nevertheless it remains the case that fossil fuel reserves are ultimately finite. In the long term they will eventually become depleted and

National Geographic-High and Dry-Mudskippers In this video students will the witness the mudskipper and learn how itis the only fish to spend most of its time on land instead of in the water! They walk, eat, and court on land. They carry water in their gill chambers to enable them to breathe in the air. They have amazing vision with their eyes on top of their heads. When a mudskipper shows it fin, it is ready for a fight. This is a great teaching resource for elementary/middle school students and would work well in conjunction with a scienAuthor(s): No creator set

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Job Play: Producer (Interactive) The Student will play the role of the producer planning and coordinating the various parts of television production. This animated interactive job exploration experience connects schoolwork with real work and familiarizes students with some of the Language Arts skills it takes to be a producer. In this activity the producer is writing a script, selecting the graphics and the music for a spot to promote the Kids Work! ETV News.Author(s): No creator set

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Where next for public health in the era of austerity? This event was the second in a series of master class lectures jointly staged by the University of Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University bringing together relevant senior figures and academics from across the city and surrounding region.
The twenty-first century has seen a growth in political, environmental and economic insecurity in the context of global recession, population ageing and climate change. Responding to these threats involves rethinking how we work together, care for ourselves,Author(s): Professor Paul Johnstone,Leeds Metropolitan Univer

University Museums and Galleries Spot UCL locations in this Universities UK video. The video emphasises how museums engage the public with research. Nobody says it better than the schoolboy at 3:02.
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The Games of the IX Olympiad in Amsterdam, Netherlands. These games introduced women’s athletics, as well as the tradition that Greece will lead the Parade of Nations. Video shows the flags of the countries that took part in the Olympics. There is no talking in this video. Background music is the Olympic Theme.